Titivillus/login/views.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
/login app views.
"""
from django.contrib import messages
from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login

from .forms import LoginForm

def index(request):
	"""
	The login page.
	"""
	if request.user.is_authenticated:
		return redirect('homepage:index')
	if request.method == 'POST':
		form = LoginForm(request.POST)
		if form.is_valid():
			user = authenticate(
				request,
				username=form.cleaned_data.get('username'),
				password=form.cleaned_data.get('password'))
			if user is not None:
				login(request, user)
				messages.success(request, "Logged in")
				return redirect('homepage:index')
		messages.error(request, "Invalid credentials")
	else:
		form = LoginForm()
	return render(request, 'login/index.html', {'form': form})